The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-23
STATE CAPITAL SETTINGS.
Strikers File Damage Suits Because
They Were Arrested.

ATLANTA, GA, Sept. 22.-John w.
Klarky and Andrew g. Lindholm to-day filed
damage suits of 81 900 each against James
A Anderson 81 Co., clothiers. a few days
ago Klarky and Lindholm, with other
Union tailors, struck on account of Ander-
son 81 Co, employing n non-union tailor,
named d. Hirschfield. While the strike was
in progress Anderson & Co., had Klarky
and Lindholnl arrested, charged with disor-
DERBY conduct When tried the cases against
them were dismissed. They think that they
were unjustly treated, and for this reason
have instituted suits for damages.
Tom Voolfolk has employed a Macon law
! yer to assist Frank W alker i'll defending him
against the charge of murder. The name of
the Macon lawyer has not been made public.
PAYING BACK TAXES.
To-day the Central railroad, by check,
paid into the State Treasury S2l ,5O6 "A for
taxes for the year 1861.
Mrs. j. l.. Thomas died at her residence
here to-day from an attack of neuralgia OF
the heart She was taken sick at IL o'clock,
and half hour later was corpse.
At late hour last night Special Prohibi-
ton Detectives Osborne add Buchanan saw
Burrel Sanders and James Sheppard, two
popular young men of this city, coming out
of a wine room, and thinking that they had
been buying whisky, or some other I'M
lawful beverage III the establishment,
approached them and asked them to walk
down to the police headquarters The young
men protested, claiming that they had done
nothing The police insisted on their going,
however, and they went When they
reached the police headquarters the police
searched them and found on Shepherd flask
of whisky, and q case was at once
booked against John Connolly, the proprio--
tor OF the wine room, and Sanders and
Shepherd were put down Us witnesses
against him. Sanders claims that the
whisky did not come out of the wine room,
but was part of package received by him
from Augusta and given by him to Shep-
perd. The young men feel highly
indignant at the treatment that
they received at the hands of
the detectives, and public sentiment here
puts the action of the officers down as an
outrage. With such a state of affairs as
now exists under the prohibition laws of
Atlanta, any man, woman or child is sub
ject to the grossest indignities as the police
seem to have full swing to do as they please.
and are upheld in their action by Chief
Connolly and the Board of Police Commits
sioners
The Adjutant General has received from
Washington the complete muster rolls of the
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth
regiments of Georgia volunteers, and the
flrSC DatUallOn OF georgia SndFlDSIOObefS.
Z. w. Green was to-day commissioned
commissary with the rank of First Lieuten-
ant, for the First battalion of Georgia vol
unteers (colored), of Savannah
THE FIRE CHIEFS.
The convention of fire chiefs held short
session tonight. The Committee on Consti
tuition made report recommending several
changes The report was adopted. To-day
Chief Joyner entertained the members of
the ASSOCIATION and their friends with an ex-
cursion to Marietta and barbecue at the
foot of Kennesaw mountain. Four hundred
people sat at the table, and an abundance of
barbecued meats of every variety was
served The Marietta Fire Company and
the citizens generally of that town turned
out in force and entertained the visitors.
An interesting feature of the day was a
regular constructing scene and break
down song and dance, i'll which
fifty cornfield negroes took part.
They shucked corn, danced and sung
until the visitors, vino had never witnessed
such sight before. came very near laugh
ing themselves to pieces. A purse of $75
was raised and presented to the negroec
President Wheeler. of the Fabric Hose
Company, voices the opinion of the visitors
when he says, II never had more fun in my
life. The whole of us have had splendid
time here, andiyour chief, Mr.. Joyner, is the
prince of entertainers